Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-06-03
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day and the strike is the result of q refusal
Of the superintendent to reduce the time
Capt. Jack Hussey of Castle Garden, the
savior of thirty four persons from drowuiog,
and the possessor OF number of medals of
honor from Congress, legislature and other
bodies, was fatally sho, Thursday night by
Policeman c. H. Hams. The policeman
was drunk.
All hope Of an early settlement OF the coke
strike at Pittsburg has disappeared. A sew.
eral hours conference of the strikers and op-
orators, Thursday, reached no agreement.
Both sides are firm. The operators took a
decided stand for arbitration, the men insist
ed upon l23 per cent advance.
Charles b. PARCELS, manager Of the Hall
Safe and Lock Company AZ San Francisco
Tor nearly tsenty- five years, Was found to be
q defauller, "wednesday. for 500, ZOO, Par
cells has decided $4,000 worth of property
to Hall to avoid prosecution. Ii is said he
was ruined by mining stock specalations.
AT meeting Of the New York Chamber
OF Commerce Thursday afternoon the de.
fenceless condition of New York hsrbor was
considered. 1t was suggested if the govern.
ment did nothing the city should take a step
to defend itself Ii was decided to consider
the subject at the next regular meeting.
wednesday night so determined men left
AWHILE, Penn, for Lebanon to lynch WIN.
Showers, who murdered his two grand chill.
dren. They were Joined by $50 more from
Lebanon and marched through the streets to
storm the Jail. The officials, after much
persuasion. induced the men to disperse,
promising that Showers should receive the
full justice.
The evictions at Bodyke, Ireland, have
begun again. The sheriff is protected while
doing his work BY force of six hundred po-
llcemen and troops. At one house in which
the inmates were barricaded, the officers
made hole through the wall with crowbars
and then removed the furniture. There is
great excitement in that district
A land slip occurred on the Spiizen msun
tain near Spireinsin in Switzerland, covering
an area of two square kilometres. MANY
houses were DESTROYED, killing ten and seri.
ousiy wounding many more persons. Many
herds Of cattle were destroyed. The debris
has damned the Schaechen. The torrent Is
forming an extensive lake and if the dam
gives way serious catastrophe is inevitable.
Chief Engineer Thomas Nevins of the
Brooklyn fire department, has been indicted
by the grand jury for grand larceny. II is
believed that the indictment is based upon
the finding of the legislative committee, re-
Gently engaged in the investigation of mum.
cipal affairs, and who unearthed some
questionable transactions on the part of the
chief in his capacity with the electric light.
ing company.
Gabriel Dumont, Riei's lieutenant, is on
the boundary line melting the half breeds to
another rebellion. In the attempt to capture
two of Dumont's couriers, Tuesday, two of
the mounted police were killed The Cana
dian government will probably ask the Amer.
fo kaa -, oh
1t is understood that rebel chief has prom
ised the half-breeds the assistance of the
American G.os Ventres in the event of an
uprising. Serious trouble is certainly brew
ing.
From all parts of the country come the
most gratifying reports about the retail trade
in boots and shoes. This is factor in the
local manufacturing and distributing indus
try which cannot be overlooked. Increasing
consumption of foot wear means general
business prosperity, and general prosperity
IN turn will add still further to the demand
for leather products. The New England fac
tories are in the main busy. Their owners
are mnch more hopeful than three months
ago, and their rising spirits have a solid
foundation.
One OF the greatest combinations of recent
years was effected in New York Wednesday
1t involves the control of the entire rubber
industry in America. Several secret meet
ings have been held the past few weeks bv
leading rubber manufacturers of the east, to
discuss the practicablity of forming rubber
trust, modelled somewhat after the Standard
Oil Trust. This meant the control of the
manufacture of all rubber goods, the monop-
oily of the importation of crude rubber, and
the fixing of the market value of both crude
materials and manufactured articles